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was not prepared. however, to sag that the pro-
hibition of the manufacture Of such liquors. II
intended for expectation. can be sustained nor
that the State can forbid the sale under proper
regulations for the protection of the hsalth
and morals eff the ,sesrss oI Any article
When ponsrcss may authorize 10 be imported
tie was not ready to admit that New York OF
any other coast State can thus defeat an act
of Congress. Neither c7sld hs concur IN me
yaii6itF OF tie thirteenth section of the Pro
AiDition act OF Kansas, because he believed
it authorized the destruction Of property
without due process of law. He could not
see upon what principle the Legisla-
ture after closing the brewery, can order
the destruction OF liquor which it admits may
be valuable for medical or mechanical pur-
poses: nor could he see why the protection Of
the morals of the State required the destrnne-
tion Of bottles and other utensils after the
liquor had been empted from them.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 6.-The decision of the
United States Supreme Court sustaining
the prohibitory laws af this State ia con-
ceded on all sides to be great victory for
prohibition, and is received with quite gen
eral satisfaction in this city which is the
stronghold of the Prohbitionists
The nt:-Prohibiionists say they had
little hope of decision in their favor
and that they DO rot desire to defeat
prohibition in this way. They believe the
law viii become so obnoxious that the peo-
pie themselves viii nullify it Whether the
decision Of the Supreme Court had been for
or against it would have had but little eff
feet On prohibition ii Kansas Tor she reason
that there are but four breweries in KAN
sas now being operated, and the State
Of Kansas could and would have compen-
stated the owners for whatever loss they
would have sustained had the decision been
against prohibition. The question was of
more Importance to other States in the
Union than to- Kansas Prohibitibnists
elaitt that an adverse opinion would have
practically ended the struggle for prohibit
ton in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and
many other States in the Union where there
are millions ef dollars invested in breweries
and dstilleries
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NORTHWEST ITEMS.
Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
TLLINoTs.


The strongest row of natural gas found
In the State was struck by the Ltchtield
n tural Gas & Oil Company recently. The
pressure was nearly five hundred pounds to
the square inch and SO powerful that it could
not be controlled by the methods hereto
fore used in the wells
Mrs. Henry Blomdale, the wife Of a
farmer near Dennson, and negro named
Davidson, who was working On the farm,
disappeared few days ago The woman
is well connected Her strange action
could not be accounted for She left three
small children
The site for the military post at High
wood, which consists of 632 acres, has been
formally accepted by the War Department..
Fire kndied by mice among matches
spilled upon the kitchen mantel DESTROYED
the hou5e of Tom Murray, near Champaign,
the etler night Loss, So, 600; no insur-
9pce
Late the other night John Erickson, a
Rockford painter, crepb up beside William
johnson, who was in his barn, and struck
him two heavy blows on the head with a
iack-plene and then robbed him of 5000
John Peters. -the giant 20 iceman, died
in Chicago few days ago of typhoid fever
Pet rs was but tWent y-one years old. and the
tailest man of his age in the world, his size
having been seven feet four inches He
came from Norway year ago.
Milk sickness prevails among the cattle in
portions Of Cass County Several persons
were lying dangerously Ill from using milk
or beef that was tain ed
Frank Morgan drunkard, was recently
arrested at Snelbyvi,ie, charged with beat
ing his wife until her recovery was doubt
tuL Tie woman has several small chill
dren.
Richard Ion, Chicago teamster, was
caught between the pole Of his wagon and
the dashboard of - street-car the o,her day,
and the pole struck him in the chest and
crushed his ribs over the heart killing him
ms andy
AT Rock Island the other day the Central
Pres yterian Church celebrated its semi
centennial with appropriate services.
Law and Order League which has been
formed at Atwood is making it decidedly
unpleasant for gang of tough citizens with
Whlcb the town has been inf asted of late
Apost-offce has been established at Sem
mary, Fayette County. The Fruit Land Of
tice has been Discontinued
Charles Young, wealthy farmer of ver
million County, 9Wning twenty-six different
farms, had his rate blown open and robbed
OF 1000 recantly. Detectives have dis
covered that his grandson, whom he had
raised from infancy, commit the robbery.
The money was all recovered.
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David Donnan, postmaster at IndO-oo,,d
ence buchanan County, has RESIGNED To oc-
cept position in one OF the n,,atjonal hanks
ut that place.
There is talk OF "reot1ng paclzing-house
at M 'ssourl Valley, Harrison County.
ihe trustees Of the Iowa Agricultural
hall
There are 1897 miles of railroad in the
State
The burning of the Windsor packing.
house at Dcs Moines the other night caused
a loss OF %250,O00 with 1895, 600 1nsur.
ance. The owner will rebuild in the snr.si9.
Preston Rush tcolored) was stabbed ana
Killed IN heokuk the othee day by John
Williams also coIored. Thev had uuarreled
over a nickel which Push claimed Williams
owed him. The murderer gave himself up.
In dri Imp the gas wells at Ottumwa a
stratum ii weu-presarved wood has been
strucS- at depth of five hundred feet.
Some interesting divorce statistics have
recently been published, covering thirty
four counties in the State and extending
over period of twenty years The num-
Der Of divorces granted was 3, GS4, of which
full desertion. Women were the petitioners
in about two-thrds of the cases. and the
average duration of the married life of the
persons divorced was nom three to five
years.
Tho little tAree-year-od child of Ira
Conkitng, Of Mason City, fell from a chair
INTO tub Of boiling water few days ago,
from the effects of which he died,
Craston lover who addressed q love-
scented letter to the object of his affections,
asking the young lady to become his part
ner through life, inscribed on one corner
OF the envelope, Sealed proposal The
result was, he was awarded the contract
Over one hundred thousand farmers in
the State are affected by the decision of the
United States Supreme Court that the
drve-well patents are illegal on account Of
priority Of use
The other morning fire broke out in the
kitchen OF the Central House in Walnut and
spreading to adjoining buildings caused a
loss OF $4,000
1t is estimated that the bogus butter law
reduces the traffic in Iowa by $4,000, 600
annually. There are 495 creameries in the
Site.
Mrs Anderson, arrested at Boone for
dealing in counterfeit money, was found
guilty in the Federal Court at Des Mo mes
and fined 500 with term of one year in
the pen,tentary. The sentence was sus-
pended conditional upon good behavior
A Catholic Total Abstinence Society has
been organized a5 Dubuque The object is
to reclaim excessive drinkers and prevent
young men from acquiring the drink
habit
The Northwestern Insurance Company,
capital 500 600, has been Incorporated in
DeS MoineS
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WANT MORE MONEY.

The Congressional Committee Unable to
Purchase Suitable Site for the New
San Francisco POst-Office with the
Amount Appropriated.
SAN Francisco, Dec 1.-The commission
appointed at the last session of Congress
20 select a site for the new post-otfice in
his city have forwarded their report
20 the Secretary of the Treasury, in
which they state it has been i'm
possible to procure a site in favorable To-
,aton for the amount appropriated for the
purpose, $350,00o They recommend
chat the appropriation be increased to
1850, 900, and claim that owing to the high
value of real estate in the city suitable To-
cation can not be obtained for less.
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The Pnne,s Jubilee.

LONDON, Dec. 5-The programme of the
Pope's jubilee has been published in the
official paper of Rome as follows: On De-
cember 81 the international delegation OF
the jubilee committee will be received;
January the Pope VIII celebrate the grand
jubilee mass; January 2 orations ana poems
composed for the occasion will be delivered
at the Church Of San Lorenzo; January 8, 4
and 5 the Italian and foreign pilgrims will
be received; January the Pope, assisted
by the Cardinals and diplomatic representa-
tives of all the nations, will open the grand
exhibition of the jubilee gifts. The pro-
gramme will close witha number OF canon
izations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-09
FlSkE TO THE FRONT.
RuInored Secret Agreement Made by Pl
hibition Leaders at Chicago 10 Nomina

RuInored Secret Agreement Made by Pro-
Inhibition Leaders at Chicago 10 Nominate
the Genera for the Presidency.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Dec. 2.-B. E. Yanderman,
of this city, delegate to the Prohibition
convention in hicago, who returned yes
terday, says that at the secret meeting of
the Central Committee General Clinton B.
Fiske of New Jersey, who founded the
Fiske University, was selected for the Pres
Idency, and that there is no doubt of his
nomination at the National convention to be
held in Indianapolis. MI. Yanderman says
that Mr. Fiske carries the church vote in
his pocket, is popular with the Grand
Army and is a man of wealth. The Pro
hibitionists expect to poll 500 900 votes,
although they polled only 10000 in the
last National election. He claims there lie
no possible chance for the Republican
party, as the Prohibitionists expect to poll
40 600 votes in New York
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THE LATE JNO B. FINCH Prohibition Is Nonen-
farced Prohlbition-That Kind the People
Now Repudiate.' mo Evil Can
Be Exterminated by Selling It q
Right to Exist D. p Sagendorph;
Of Michigan, called the Committee
to order, and after singing and prayer a
call of the States was made for nominations
for members of the National Committee,
As finally arranged the committee is as
follows.
Alabama, L. C. Calison; Colorado, H.C. Dillon !;
Connecticut, George P Rogers; Dakota, D. r.
Grove: District of Columbia, A. A. Wheelocki
Illinois, A. J. Jutkns, j. A. Van Fleet: Indiana,
John Ratlif, j. S. Heughs; Iowa, E. W. Brady,
V. G. Farnam; Kansas, A. NJ Richardson, John
p. st. John; Maryland, John Lloyd, Thomas
William Sherwood; Massachusetts, r. C. Pit.
man, c. B. Knight; Michigan, D. p. Sanger
dorph, A. D. Power; Minnesota, w. w. Satter.
lee, James Princhham Missouri, james
D. Baker, F. NJ. Ben,s; Nebraska, A.
G. Wolfenbarger r. A. Hawley: New
Jersey, John r. Anderson, A. Parsons;
New York, c. H Meade, J. Wesley Jones;
North Carolina, Rev. w. F. Watkins. Moses
Hammond; Ohlo,M. Mcclellan Brown, J.
Odell; Oregon, j. H. Armas, J. w. Webb;
Pennsylvania, James Black, w. f. Dunn;
Rhode Island, Thomas H. Peabody, H. r.
Richardson Tennessee, J. w. Smith; Texas.
j. b. Cranfin; Vermont, G. W. Wyman, Clinton
J. Smith; West Virginia. Frank Burt, ]. r.
Carscadon; Members at Large, Frances L.
Willard, Mother Stewart A. A. Hopkins.
Treasurer Samuel D. Has lings, of Madi-
son, Wis, read his report showing that he
had received So, CTS since the campaign of
1884, and had paid out $8,472, leaving
1904 ON hand. The chief items were the
salary of Secretary Judkins-$P4, 225-and
LOCO campaign expenses paid Governor
St John committee of seven was APP
pointed to attend to immediate political Or
ganization and work
At the afternoon session indianapolis was
selected as the city for holding the next
National convention on the first Wednes-
day in June next
The nomination Of a chairman for the Ma
EinnaI con uantinn WAS then hallntad for .
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BLOWN UP BY PONDER.

Several Men Badly Hurt Near DodgeVilie,
Wis, One of Whom May Die.
DoDGEvLLE, Wis, Dec. 2.-Four men
were badly hurt, one of them fatally. it is
thought, and others were severely stocked
and bruised by an explosion near ehe Blotz
mill, two and half miles from here, on the
Neeport, Dodgeville & Northern railroad.
The men were working in twenty-five
foot cut A small rock dropped into blasting
hole containing seven kegs of powder, and
in trying to dislodge it with an iron bar the
powder was ignited. The men at the blast
were blown high into the air, but not seri-
ousIy hurt, while those in the pit were
buried beneath a mass of rocks and dirt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-09
THE KANSAS COAL FAMINE.
Desperate Farmers Stop the Coal Trains
and Unload What They Need.

GARDEN CITY, Kan, Dec 5-Saturday
night as freight train on the Santa
Fe road was coming through Syracuse
1t was taken possession of by near
ly 200 farmers, who held it until
they emptied six carloads of coal
which were bound for points East.
No resistance was offered by the train
men. The farmers had money to pay for
the coal, and said they We're suffering from
a coal famine, and as they could not pur-
chase it they helped themselves similar
raid was made ON a train here Saturday,
but as the coal was for this point the men
daSicta5
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Mississippi Improvement Estimates.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6-The estimates Of
the War Department for the Chicago
harbor are $360,0O0; for Calumet,
$4,000 For tae Mississippi river
they are as follows: Reservoirs, S12-
900; snag-boats, 1000; St. Paul to
Des Moines, $500, 900; Des Moines
rapids, $SO,O00; dry-dock at Des Moines,
SIG, 900; Des Moines to Illinois river, $264,-
900; from Ohio to the Illinois river, $780,
900; from Cairo to the head of passes, in
Guiding the Red river and Atchafalaya,
So, 00O,0O0; improving the harbor below
Cairo, 81, 500, 600
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FREDERICK WILLIAMS ILLNESS.
Only the Most Sanguine Physicians Give
Him Enur Years to Live.

Only the Most Sanguine Physicians Give
Him Four Years to Live.
LONDON, Dec. 5. - Private information
from San Reno reports that there has been
no decided improvement in the condition
of Crown Prince Frederick William His
physicians are doing all they can to prolong
his life under the disease, and admit that
there is no chance Of removing rhe dis
ease except by an operation. leay-
ing the chances of curing the patient
small and the chances of fastening his end
very great. His most sanguine physician
states that, barring accidents such as colds,
ETC., the Crown Prince may live four years
yet, while the others hardly venture to
prognosticate his term OF life
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RaviYinp the Kouts DiSaster.

VALPARAISO, Ind, Dec 6.-The cases of
John B. Park, passenger conductor, and
John Dorsey, freight engineer, of the Chi
cago & Atlantic railroad, charged with in
voluntary manslaughter in the Kouts disas-
ter, will be called December % in the Por-
ter County circuit court Their bail has
been fixed at So. 900 each. Park has been
arrested and has given bail
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-09

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Thursday afternoon
the Executive Committee OF the Beecher
Statue Fund Committee met and, after hear
ing an explanation from Dr.. Parker, unani-
mously adopted resolution exonerating him
from all blame in the eulogy matter The
eulogy was pronounced without compensa-
ton received by Dr. Parker, and the CON-
mittee take this opportunity Of extending
to him their thanks for his splendid tribute
to the memory of Mr. Beecher
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SaIi-CarTuf,s Plans.

PARIS Dec. 6.-Pros ident Sadi-Cranot at
his reception to the retiring RouVler Cabinet
Sunday evening thanked then for the pa
triotic devotion they had sho n during tie
recent crisis He said he would not form a
cabinet until after he had consulted with
the presidents Of the Senate and the
Chamber of Deputies and the Chiefs of the
Republican groups.
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Greyy was opened
Saturday by NJ. L.
Roger. President of
the Senate, who de-
clarad that the Ma
tional Assembly was
duly constituted to
elect a President.
Deputy MielleliD, an
irreconGiia5le, then
asked leave to make
Q motion, but the
PRESIDENT refused to
allow him to do so,
declaring that the
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WISCONSIN,.

Lydia Strope died at Green Bay, aged 1922
She had been Eedridden for two years and
died OF old age She leaves son and three
daughters, all past middle age.
The first annual State conference of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor closed its session in Beloit the other
m-hG The secretary reported sixty-three
societies of Christian Endeavor in the State
represented by delegates ana four by let
ter, and six other socieIy delegates present
The total membership OF the State is about
$4,000.
The Methodist Episcopal church building
Mt Madison, the corner stone of which was
laid in 1876, was dedicated a few days ago
The other morning Erlok johnson and
Louis Sandsgrom goG in5o fight in one of
the saloons at Two Harbors, and the former
sustained fatal injuries.
Orick Conger, while hunting in the
neghborhood of Shell Lake, Washburn
County, the other day, shot and killed Mats
Hanson, lumberman, whom he mistooz
for n deer.
T. H. Richardson, of GAINESVILLE, was rid
ing horse around in his yard the other
afternoon when he was caught under the
chin by a c,othes-line and thrown back
w;rk off his animal 10 the ground, his collar
bone being broken He was fatally injured
IJIS generally believed at Wausau that the
re enJ fire, by which Carl Hon KEEL and his
five children We're burned to death, WAS the
work Of an incen dary. Mrs Houikel, the
Only surviving member Of The family, was
insane.
T. II Finney, of Milwaukee, has resigned
the oaico of managing director of the Wis
Gonsm Central railroad
The other night fire broke out in the
Thomas Reese pulp-mill at Kaukauna and
soon spread to the Unlon puIp-mili adjoin-
ing In an hour both mills were in ruins.
Tie loss on the Reese mill was $40, 600 and
on the Union MIL $4,000
The Chippewa Lumber & Boom Compa-
nys mill shut down for the season the otner
night after five months and six days saw
ing. The total CUT was as follows: Lumber,
80 lac, $40 feet; lath, 6,6l5,9 feet;
s1ingies, 5577, 800.
Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y, re-
Gently sold a tract OF timber land in Wiscon-
sin for 500, 1000.
The poiee have broken up a gang of
juvenile marau .ers who have been system
at.cal,y stealing from res dents of Nil
waukee for some time The gang con-
sisted of five boys al under fifteen years OF
age,
Mrs Margaret McGrill, seventy years OF
age, was uud dead in her dwelling at
Wateltown the other evening Apoplexy.
At Monico Junction few days ago yard
swi1ch-engine ran down and killed hunter
named Thomas Hudson. His remains Were
taken to Wausau. where his wife and three
children live
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To Visit Their Native Land.

CHICAGO, Dec. IA party of nine hun
1red natives of Norway, Sweden and Den
mark, prosperous residents of the North
west are assembling in this city, prepara-
tory to making pilgrimage to their native
countries, leaving here to-day for New
York and steamer. The Scandinavians of
the West now make annual pilgrimages to
The old country during the holiday season.
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Death of Mother Clarke.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Dec. 6.-Motber Mary
Clarke, the head of the order of Sisters of
Charity, B. V. NJ, in this country, died at
the mother-house of the order in Table
Mound Township She lived to the age of
50. Over fifty years ago she founded the
order Of Sisters of Charity, B. Y. H., in the
city of PHILADELPHIA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-09
Tariff Reform.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 3.-Friday alicense
Of incorporation was granted to the Amer
lean Tariff Reform League of Chicsgo. The
object is to irsugurGJe a propaganda or
tariff reform and establish branches
throughout the United States. among the
incorporators are S. Corning Judd, Julius
s Grinnen, William J. English, Herman
L:eb. Michael Schweisthal and Il II Trun-
E,,1l
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The Unburied Anarchists.

CHICAGO, Dec 6.--The subcommittee of
the Anarchist defense committee, charged
with procuring ground in which to inter the
bodies of the dead Anarchists, yesterday
purchased l, 533 square feet of ground in
Waldheim Cemetery for $91980, in which
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Death of an Aged Engineer.

BRArERD, Mimi, Dec 3.-There has Just
died here an old locomotive engineer named
Wadham, who went on the roaj in England
at the very beginning of the business, and
who after twenty-five years service in that
country worked at his calling in Canada and
the United Sites He was never In cCl-
Ision and never had an accident which
caused q loss of life.
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Coal Miners Appeal to the Pub lie.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 6.-The striking Lee
high coal miners have issued an appeal to
the public, reciting Their pitiable condition
and fifty denying the statements of the
mine owners that they could make good
living wages at the rates prevailing before
the strike
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Carlisle on the Tariff.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Worlds Wash
ington special says that in an interview
yesterday Speaker Carlisle said: 81 have
every reason to believe that an equitable
reduction of imports will be effected during
the coming session. / will say that as vet
absolutely nothing has been done to FORM
ulate measure"
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New YORK, Dec 6.-An advance in cereals
created excitement Monday in the Produce
Exchange. Wheat touched $685. the high
est point for months, and January corn
went to 655s asked, and May corn to 65 bid.
There was a slight reaction. but the market
closet firm
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Dined by the Chinese Minister.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The Chinese Min
ister gave another large dinner last night
to complete his festival observation of the
recent birthday of the Empress Regent of
China. His guests were Chief Justice Waite.
Senator Dolph, Representative Singleton,
ex-Minister Foster, and numerous foreign
Ministers resident in Washington.
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TO SUCCEED cREvY.

NJ. Sadi-Carnot Elected President by the
French Nationa; Ccngress--The Result
Satisfactory to the Populaee-Rouvier's
Eabinst to Be Retained for the Present.
VERSAILLES. Dec 5.-M. Sadi-Carnot has
been elected President Of the Bepubie
The Formal Congress of Senators and
Deputies &c elect q SUCCESSOR 10 President
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Seized a Thief in Her Room.

New YORK, Dec. 6--Mrs. Abbie Ulster.
aged so. caught thief in her room Sunday
night and held him until he sgorged what
he had stolen, when she handed him over to
the police. He is Fred Sheldon, an expert
"second-story" thief
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The Seasons Losses ON the Lakes,

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 6-During the last
season seventy boats, valued at $777, 900,
have been lost on the lakes, and 116 per-
sons have persisted There are now under
contract at various shipyards sixty new
vessels, ali but five of which will be pro-
PEELED by steam. Cleveland will build
eighteen new vessels. OF these three are
for the ST Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railway